Date Time Government commitment to NT infrastructure highlights growth opportunities Today’s announcement by Minister Keith Pitt of the next stage of the Australian Government’s Strategic Basin Plan for the Beetaloo Basin underscores confidence in the Territory’s world-class gas reserves, APPEA Northern Territory Director Keld Knudsen said today. The Gas Industry Roads Upgrades program, funded by the Federal Government’s $4.6 billion Roads of Strategic Importance Initiative (ROSI), will improve road networks throughout the Territory in support of local communities and the continued development of remote and regional areas of the Territory, including the highly prospective Beetaloo Sub-basin. The upgrade program will inject $217 million in funding into the Northern Territory and support more than 400 jobs, improving supply chains and connecting a range of businesses and sectors to Australian and international markets. The Beetaloo is the first of five gas basins to be explored as part of Federal Government plans announced in the 2020-21 Federal Budget.